Game apparatus



(No Model.)

B. L. WILLIAMS. GAME APPARATUS.

No. 499,073. Patented June 6, 1893.

WITNESSES.- INVENTOI? A 7TOHNE Y8.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR L. WILLIAMS, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,073, dated June 6, 1893.

Applioationfiled Jul 21,1892. Serial No. 440,740. on model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR L. WILLIAMS, of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in game apparatus; and the object of myinvention is to produce a cheap and simple apparatus with which a number of interesting games may be played so as to afford amusement to people of all ages.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross section.

The apparatus has a flat board or plate 10, which may be made of any suitable material and this is supported horizontally in an inclosing frame 11, the latter being made to project above and below the board so as to prevent the movable checkers or tablets which are used on the board, from being pushed OE and also to enable the board to be used either side up. The board is provided with transverse lines 12, which are produced near opposite ends and which form between them a field 13, comprising the main portion of the board, and end compartments 14, in which the check ers may be held when ready to snap, as hereinafter described.

Near the center of the field 13 are holes 15, which extend through the board 10, any desired number of holes being used, although five is the preferable number, as shown in the drawings, and when five holes are used two are placed near each side of the board and one in the center. The holes are covered on one side by staples or, wickets 16, through which the counters or checkers must pass, as hereinafter described, and the counters may be made to carom on the wickets and sides so as to facilitate counting if desired.

Near the opposite sides of the board and in the compartments 14 are other holes 17, and in playing the game, checkers or counters 18, are used. The game is preferably played with the board placed so that the wickets 16 will be on its upper side. The count is effected by snapping one of the counters so that it will pass through a wicket or drop through one of the holes 15.

We will suppose that each of the center holes represent five and that the holes 17 at the ends represent five, then the game may be played as follows:-A counter 18 may be snapped from one end of the board, either from within the compartment 14. or from a point adjacent to it as agreed, and the player endeavors to snap the counter through one of the wickets 16 and into one of the holes 15. If

the player succeeds in snapping the counter through two wickets and into one of the holes counters to knock the counters of an oppos- 7 ing player out of position, and for knocking his own or a partners counters through one of the holes, in which case a count will be effected.

It is obvious that the rules of the gamemay be varied indefinitely, and the board may be turned bottom side up and the counters moved on the smooth side, that is, the side without the wickets, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A game apparatus, comprising a board held uponasuitablesupporting frameand provided with a group of holes nearthe center and holes near the ends, and open arch-shaped wickets secured to the board and extending over and above the holes, substantially as described.

EDGAR L. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. I-IUroHINsoN, O. SEDGWICK. 

